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IMPERIAL, PARLIAMENT. - HOUSE OF LOIU)S, TUISDAY, MAY 23. • , 1 The cern returns inured for yesterday by Lord 11.41,14/taBURT .1 were presented. . 1 .. The ottlete of the day•lar considering the amendments on the' /01e4topotitan Trust llill being rend; 1 The Marquis of SALISBURY oppolusil" the Bill, and moved that the amendments be • taken into consideration this day three tuouthe. • This amendment was supported by ,the 41arquis CAISDIN, Loa littntanean, and Lord CALVIIONYI. • .. : ' The amendinent was opposed 'hy the Eittl of itostiev re, the . Earl of Estxx, the Eaal of Lauuxnuunz, Lord DACRY, and Lord Bates Bowman, yiluitupported the Bill generally, on the graimil that it waslikely to prove of general utility. • • 'he twit - CHANCELLOR did not know how this Bill could Pao. ::The ohjection which had teen made to it, naMely; that if -.the measure related to a single trust it would be treated as a pri ! /rate Bill; whereas, now that six trusts were put together, it came before their Lordships as a public Bill, and all the usual precautions were neglected ; was most formidable. Looking at • the names of the Commissioners, who were formerly styled Par lianielusty Commissioners, but were not now is that character, he should only say, that he hoped that they wouldell'be, from . first to last, blessings to their country. Noble Lords who would take the trouble to read the list of names in the Bill, would tin.: tierstand what he meant. Tke House divided on the amendinent— Contents - - .o. - 34. NA contents - . - 49 Majority • - - ---9 The amendments were then arreed•to, and the Bill was t rikred to be read a third time to-morrow. WEST INDIES. . Vis c ount St. Viccrwr presented a Petition from the x-soprie tors of 'West India produce, preying for proteCtion to their lute rests, instead of interference with their property. r. Earl BATHURST stated that his Majesty's Goverbinent had no intention at present of taking any ulterior weaeures, provided - that those recommended to the Colonies shoulif be carried into ef fect. Their sole object was the improvement of the condition of the slaves, and of the whole community in general. . The Petition was then-laid ou the table. • • THE GREEKS. • • • Earl DARNLEY -wail understood to inquire whether his-Ma jeety'r Ministers lira received any intelligence respecting the al leged conduct Of the French Government towards the Creeks, and whethOr they had remonstrated on the part of this country against the system said td have been adopted by that Government. The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no objection to say generally, that the policy of the French. Government towards Greece was one of neutrality, and that nothing bad come to the. knowledge of his Majesty's Ministers to prove that the French Government had nut acted in the spirit of neutrality. BONDED CORN. On the Order of-the Day being read, The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that as the subject of both these Bills had been fully discussed on a question introduced by• a Noble Friend of his, . a few days ago, it would'not ,be necessary for him, on moving that they bas read a second time to trespass upon their Lordships' patience at any length: He should bear the observations which any Noble Peer might make, and trusted to the indulgence of the House, to allow him to answer those oh eervations as they should be made.' On the day of his Noble Friend's motion, he' bad put their Lotdships in possession of .his general sentiments on the question, and of the motives which had induced him to introduce both meassoree that period of the Session. He should now repeat, what he had clearly stated before, that he did no‘ conceive that- those two Bills inter- Iciest in the least with the question of the "Corn Laws. That question remained entirely open to consideration, and the prin ciple on which it might he nettled, was as free far discussion as if the present Bills had not been introduced. Thou Bills were temporary measures, important to the hint interests' of the coun try. With respect to the first of them, the Bonded...COrn_Bill, which he agreed with many Noble Lords was the most objec tion** of the two, he had the satisfaction' to know that those who : were. most deeple - sensitive on the subject, were inclined to think that it would lot militate *gal:oft' their interests. A simi lar Bill had • been introduced last Seesibie anti' the' agricultu ral interest of the country had by ''au means- been unfavour - elks to the measure. •If it were possible for them to exclude all Foreign Corse at all times and to gain the advantage of a 'com plete monopoly, it might be e.Antr.elvest how they might oe heni?. tited ; but he did not believe that any one class of aitriculturists Were su unwise or so unjust as to wish such a thing, or not to know that there were periods at which a regulated impurtation of Foreign Corn must prove advantageous. It was natural for them to consider what system would operate least to their disad vantsge,.and they.did not object to the impbrtation of a limited, quantity of Corn. On the contrary, they considered that a suited quantity thrown upon the market might be essential to their welfare ! In 1816 the country had keen visited by an Un usually defective . herveet, the probable state of which was known AS early as the month of July, and' yet on the 15th of August,. the average price being still a few shillings kelow 80s., the ports rem waisted shut till the 16th of Novembet. - They were then-throe/la open to importation, but most of the foreign porta were clod by ice, and it was not till the beginuing of this ensuing year,- when the caceesity bad almost ceased to exist, that foreign grain Could come e In consequence of this, corn ...Lich had been' at 53e. at the commencement of 1816, was at 110 i. at its close, whilst if a limited importation had been allowed in August, neither the ?oldie nor the agricultural interest would have 'suffered as they afterwards did; for in ceneespience 'of this enoritsons price, speculations were made to an unbounded extent, and this evil was the result—that tire Aorta not opening. in time fur a limited ~itipply, remained afterwards open for an unlimited oavouid that hithilreds of thousands of quarters of foreign cony were thrown upon tire market when no longer wanted. Evil . n air late as 1818, the ports remaioed•open fur three months, because the price werestill above 801.; and a complete glut was brought: upon the - -market. A liatiteit Importation in time, however objectionable in . theory, was most •advantageous to :ail parties its practice.- lie understood that whilst he was absent on public dot xerterday, Calla discussion had taken pituxi about a, claw,' which was ioutiel to be uniritelligible. Ile admitted, the fact. •It hail s ariiien out of an unaccountable omission, 'tnade'veliiist copying the' Bill of huh ye.ar, which it hail been' intended to foliose see closely.ae possible:. After gating "at the time and in'the' proportion hereafter mew: tioned," the clauXe ought to have gone onto say, " that,any man; tity not exceeding so much, 'should be admitted before July . next, end the senarequantity afterwards." The nhject of tlic liositotion WAS to prevent thiewhole mascot Bonded Corn front being thrown,- upon the market at once. It also afforded 'a 'security that an in dArsidual having, for instance, '13,000 quarters bonded, would not, hying .600 only into play in ono month, cud 2,500'in the next, but equal quantities in both, With respect tsi the second Bill, it was stildless necessary that laßhould trouble their Lordships at length on that ',taps of the diacussiOn. tie confessed that whatever oh jectiors :looked to the :first 13111, ,he did not see that it appliOd to the secoq. •It stood on a - much sounder principle. jholowes which it 'mattered was an .invidious power to. he, entrii4lei Co u. Government, and the y esker" for no confide: net 'which Smell' not • • • beg's/sated to any Governments - Let thent be tried, not •:.14 ndi vide* but as public men. Might, not eireumetsneee 44pp:a hetweito-tius present period and 'the Antonin - tri make the exert. cis'- of. such a . power neiseesary It, would Pi.obAhly he 'raid; why apply for that power' yeti might teal if com pelled by necessity witliout authorisation, and then" throvi youroa, Ives upon Parliament 'for indemnity. In- .a Cass of une forge:gen necessity no set of inlividtude would certainly be fit - to niettOino the' Oevernment if they did not act on their own disere tiunkand then throw themselves upon Partiement. 'But when, eirciunetencee displayed sg ibrast iv i s before hand, it was the dot" of. Minietere.to come down and stater the ease; ter ask' for A Btu of IniAntnity in advance, and to procure the power of doing Abel . t e gally, which they knew they would he ulitiged to do illegally.: Thiskwas the course which had hetet followed by- his Majesty's Government. They hid no desire for ouch en invidious power, hut lie eimoeivedr that they Would sleep 'with more case, and that their Lordatiips would separate with more ease also, if that power were inves4il• in the hands of 'the adminietratiou, to he exeroioeo oat their own rismonsihility, ss neoeseitt might revisor. :He know 0,4 Andividmais had hide's' led' to believe. that tide iniurtauspeeleg 1 00-fi t .geoerstreystem—of the Corn Lewir..—(Heet, hear I.- from 4 6, ri ,,, rj " of Laiitlertlele.)- ! if sioktampering with time whole of ape that it was hitended to provide or be used as au aro r ro m e in favour of soy future „Aerations which might.he in writ-ample, • *joie, fi e not only denied this, but he should have no elajegaur .. pgol . tor the Bills in such 6e:tensor, ae to show that the7,,ctooa un pave grouted for the . relief of the' country is l ElB►s. ,leaving yy ram ; quo tiOn to be fairly and im p arti a lly diseueeed cue. tiaer emetic's -Th e Noble Eat thee moved that the Bonded ct'inn • '.4l4lho,read.a bkOooud tiine' • Th u 'a sz i of MALM I giTUIiY had ao ^t.qt.44011 to the pot,. -° cans introduction of foreign corn. 'This, in, cerntin eikinestaiteeik "Light he highly expedkat, find might operato itt tba ocexter4 ;mow : 0 .tl ic Coto Laws lake the sa'fety'- r+ Of /to abaut, ME# ; .00 , potiling,. however, in the :.-iwowesut gi,co44;natonagi of cowry to call tot the mesauroe ROW under the Consideration of the House. The average price of *heat, last year, was 685., it war now only 60s. per quar ter. He might therefore approve of the introduction of fdreign corn last, year without being bound to concur in a similar measure at the present time. And when he saw two measures introduced.' at once having the same general tendency, he might think it good policy to support the first in order to prevent the second from coming into operation, although he had the same objection to - bath, that they . were calculated to encourage the clamour out of doors. He thought it impossible that after these discussions the subject should ever be approached dispassionately. It was a subject which ought to have been kept at arm's length. He did not quite understand the reasoning of the Noble Earl with respect to the period's at -which the bonded corn was to be intro duced. The holder who it appeared was to have permission to introduce one moiety of what he held on the 15th of July, and 164 second moiety on the 15th of _August, so far from feeling any wish to hold it back, would he thought prefer, if he could, to intro duce the Litter quantity at the earlier period, as the second period would reach nearly to the harvest. Ile feared he had also misun derstood the Noble Lord with respect to the occurrences of the year 1816 : . perhaps the Noble Lord had intended to mention the year IBlB*- - -for, on referring to the prices of 18)6, he found that in May the avetagi price of wheat vas 74.5., in June 745., and in Aug. 82a. (Lord Liverpoolhere salted, " And what in De c ember?" after which a mutual explanation took place respecting the mode in which the averages regulated importation.) The Noble Earl then pro ceeded to say, that one circumstance materially distinguished the year 1816 from the present; in the year which preceded 1816, no importation had taken place ; last year there had been a con siderable importation, which must operate to some extent as a safeguard' gaireit scarcity. The Noble Earl then referred to the present price of barley and oats, as compared with the price. at former periods, to repel the protumption of scarcity. To avoid a perspective and contingent evil, they were inflicting a present and certain One upon the country. He knew that in many of the Gauntry markets corn had already fallen his. or 70. per quarter.-- The small farmer who now carried corn to market to provide for the expences of the next harvest, would, instead of realising his 1001. 'or 1601,, sustain a deduction of 20 per cent. His wife would in consequence be obliged to wear her stuff gown, and he his coat some time longer, inetead of having new ono'. So that the injury to farmers would eventually be shared by the manu facturers ; or, which would still be worse, the agricultural la bourers must suffer a diminution of wages. The effect of the measures would be prejudicial also to corn-dealers. One indivi dual had told him that he should be a loser of not less than five thousand pounds. The LORD CHANCELLOR should take blame to himself he did not distinctly allow that any measure likely to be preju• dicial to to the agricultural interest must be an objectionable mea sure. Every other branch of national industry, every other des eription of property, was so dependent upon this, that they would be guilty of the greatest injustice to all if they did not extend their teetering care to the agricultural iiiter,e. He could not look upon the proposed measures as likely to produce injury to the cricultural interest; or to prejudice the existing system of law. With respect to the bonded corn, he Apprehended that, upon the r :sent law, when corn reached a certain price, it might be ad mitted. But with respect to the second Bill, which appeared to him of most importance, he hoped for the indulgence of their Lordships whilst he addressed a few words to them upon the con. titutional view of the subject. No 'Mali was more averse than hinelelf to the aieumption of power againstlaw.. Yet he was con vinced that ocemumimeituight arise in which it would be imeceseary for Government, in which it eiveuld he the imperative day of the .Adminissration i to take upon themselves time exercise of such power. Nor could any great evil arise from such assumption of Bower in cir cumstances of strong and over-ruling necessity, provided only that proper recourse was afterwards hart to Purliaiiment to repair the temporary breach of the Constitution. Dot iltheoccasion were foreseen, to _leave themselves. without any. other resource- than she exercise of illegal power, and then to apply .to Parliament for an indetithity, was a course of proceeding not to be endured for a moment. The second Bill was a Bill enabling his filsjesty iu Council to do what his Majesty, by en Order of Council might bare done, if nu such Act had passed. It had nu connection whatever with any future measures. It amounted only to this. litre is an antecedent power given, but Ministers are just as ra pponiible as if that power had not been given. Looking at it, therefore, as it was—was it a measure by any fair reasoning or. just consequence effecting the; Corn Laws ? For hitnielf, if. he thought it so, he should never vote for it. They must support the landed interest if they meant to support the Constitution of the country. Time Act new proposed could no mute prejudice the future discussion of the Corn Law than if they had acted upon their own responsibility without law. Ile would not dis guise from hiimmeell that the ,measure might produce censequiemees not foreseen ; but he would repeat, if he had not•alreedy repeated too often, that if he had thought it was to be taken as a meaeure Pledging any Member of that House to an liberation of the Corn Laws unfavourable to the landed interest, he should never have consented to it., Earl GREY igreed with 'the Noble and Learned Lord upon the principle that illegal power ought not to be . resorted to with out an overwhelming necessity; and also that the public safety might &onetime, imperiously demend its exertion. But although he had listenedto his Noble and Learned Friend, if he might be .partiiitted to call him so, with all the attentiou to which his abilities entitled him, he had failed to convince him that these principles haitany application in support of the present measures. 'The Noble Earl hail &au:Tibed the measure, and ilescrihed it truly,. ail an in.. &amity in advance. If he agreed in the expediency of granting such an indemnity hefore hand, it must be upon the - indispensable Condition that the necessity was clearly foreseen. He would en quire if this necessity existed now, when it began to exist? Did it exist on the lt3theof April? At that period the distress was as great as et the,preacnt time ; and an eminent person, supposed to he the highest authority on such a subject, then emphatically declared; that any change in the Corn Laws would tave no. other: effect than to.increale the distress, Nothing of the kind wee thoughtof till riot and dieturbance bad occurred, and although he' felt as much sympathy as any tnan for the persons enduring di*. tress, it was, be thought, .e dangerous, lesson. to the Community. if distreie was first to command attention when it exhibited itself, in acts of outrage. - Then be must inquire Whether - this indem nity in advance .ivies 'not likely to produce greater evils than those 'ageinst• which the measure was intended to guard: This brought him to the point at swine. :Woold theynot have avoided every evil by adhering to the lame prudent course es .upon the ntliecuftion upoo. the Cern Laws, and wait* for the Necessity if it should arise. The Noble and Learned Lord hail ad mitted that .nyibe might, aritie,. but, said that lie did not foresee them, add if he did, that he would pot 'have Consented tie the measure. What was the fact? Great distress and confusion pi,- reit, end Ministers come to Patillitnellit 111)11 say that they have imo Other measure to propose than one greeting the merket for corn ; thus proclaiming to theCeinumnity that they look to an alteration of the Corn Laws as it remedy.for, distress: 'rime effect oldie melt 'sure had. already been felt, and might have been foreseen, The Leird, then complained that the proPesition placed the landed iutertett in a new and unheard-of situation. If they resisted it, they, were to.be held out as the persons Who steed in , the way of telief. He had no etht4 interest than that which mom flout:land, 'but . lie could appeal' le'. his whole life, if .lin) , palm had thought it worth while to Wend to it, to repel the imputation of ' merely mercenati motives. He did not affect mare virtue than, others, and be thought that everyman by ettendingto the fair protection of his own interests best promoted the welfare of the commuuity. It was 4111,00* that the general, question ennid **Cape prejudice from the prevent measure. Was it out notorious that ma.oy.per soint had voted upon this express grimed, that it prepared thsiway fot ti m e repeal of the Corry Lawn ? Feeling as' he did upon the subject, he had determined to take his char,. of whatever obloquy or tepresch might attach to the expression of chow feelings. The question had, since its first introduction, greatly chang4 sty groom), At first it was founded upon, a pressing arid urgent ne cessity; but it had now dwindikt to a possible necessity• fie had , taken spine pawns to inforin himself upon the sulmjeet e enti he xould. state that the prospects as regarded timeline hervemst wren very good,: and that both in Engle - Mani" Ireland the stoac ofvorn. whether the bands of farmers or corn•deidere; was greater than usual at. this part of the year. Thenecessity was then reduced ,to a hare possithility equally .applicable to any other year. The power de, mantled ought upon principle to have been indefinite: But he had other objections. The act would give Ministers a power of levying a tax upon the copetry . not appropriated by • Perliatpent, anti this on the eve of a' general election: . He thought *nth a ko posisiop could only he entertaiutd at-a period when tbai.eulotary feelings of constitutional jealousy were nntirelyesuipended. As to the deetrines of political seine nay r which had . been applied •to this oubied.. , '4he .longer he -lived the 'more he tioubtiei 'There egossumuch of this seizure which he did not pretend - to on e dersteMi ; •-there areie many 4f lee peieiciplete to which h o euhacrih‘. ad; but he looked upou ; it altogether ?is a humiliating proof cif feehleoete of human judgment, and the futility of humeri its theories' were beautiful ; they appeared to beemaseaile "'FP till sfll3 Aintoward unforeseen calitinitye put thew all all to ire " dent, e it. The lava of 'the Corn Laws demanded. 44(1 ' 46 period of the AuF " ci f utl 44s tit itto 'it- o ln it tlte year I El tiu ' la nai _ he t h h a e d sa e n x ) p e rteteed wi,h . ' b it e elu r c e ;m 4(' d t ii the present t o i n y tt t li te t Itahe:immen,potaterrketaticootioonprutoict.luglabutt b t to,, bed ass .ohjoetioal .to a oenatent ittiptotarion at a fixed duty, although nothing had occurred under the present system that sould be called a practical evil. Change and uncertainty in the lives,' and particularly in the laws relating to human subsistence, could not but be prejudicial. When frequent changes tuck place, .Itobody could know how to protect his interest, as hail been"- Well observed and illustrated by the Noble Earl. On a question affecting the welfare of every class of the community', and preg nant with danger to the Constitution, they ought not to proceed without inquiry. Upon - that inqUiry he was even now featly to enter. It was the only warto extricete themselves from the dif e • Acuities in which they were involved, and . to silence the clamour which their - .measures had produced. He could "nUt. reconcile it to himself to give a silent vote upon this occasion, and he would now conclude with expressing his diligent against the Bill. The Earl of HARROWDY- called upon their Lordships to remember, that if they neglected to make atone proVi,iion law, the ports could not be opened until ecru had risen to no average price.pf 80s. Perhaps there were =nine emong their _Lordship' who were not 'thawed at u pricceo; SOs., and thought that as the country had borne it before, it ntight bear it again. But they should look at the facts, ,that in order to conic at an average of 80s., the price in many ;tutu of the country, tuttet he 90s. or 100 s. ; and that the average most be taken upon prices for six.weeksrtogether. In producing attelif an average, once of two things must happen. Ether price* - must be steady at that amount, and the pressure be consequently of greet 'duretl , ,n, or there uniet be a rapid rise to a price far above , it: - Their Lord ships must also bear in Mind, th..t price was nut to be cooSidered only in its abstract arnount,.but in reference to the means of the country to purchase. At present when a large portion of the Ina; nUfacturing poor were rubsistitei upon charity, the price of • - 605., which was moderate and fair to both grower and consumer in or dinary times, became equal to 80s. The Noble naa opposite, had complained thatthe Government having reeiqed in April a gete..- cal consideration of the Corn Laws, should now propose these measures. He denied that any inconsistency could hi inferred in the conduct of the Government, front the connection of those facts. Until that night, he had heard no Noble Lord say, that he - thought the present time one in which there could be a satisfactory and irn, partial discussion of the whole 4111iject tn . the Corn Laws. Yet that was no reason why the GUvetnnient ghould allow. Parliament to se parate without guarding . againk a danger • which they saw rising before them. But the Noble V.arl had welted when the light •ltad first brUken upon them ; and that was a otteetion which it was im ' possible to answer, from the very nature of the caee.—(Hear.)-- As the Government very naturally looked from day to day with hopes of seeing that the pressure end distress had reached their fullest extent, end werebecoming lese, it was impossible to say et f what precise moment the accumulation of evidence to the contrary, .. destroyed those.anxioue expectations, and rendered measuree of precaution tteceseary. The f.at4 .of LAUDERDALE after eulogizing the *peed of his Noble Friend (Earl Grey) referred their Lordships to the King's speech at the opening of the Seseion, and cm - armlet' that the Government hint acted must inconsistently in britfcing forward there measures after such a speech had been delivered to Parliament. There were then nine months of the cousump , Lion of the year to be provided out of the hat harvest, and now there were Only three, the - priee being then six shillings more than it w,aw at present. If there was not sufficient corn for the year's consumption, what were Nlinistere about in November last when there were ten months, to be provided for, and the price was ten shillings higher than now ? lie strongly objected to the nusteures, and net less to the manner in which they had been brought ftirward_ He maintained that they were not ;nein. suree of relief. Who would they relieve? It was absurd to say that , a reduction in the price of corn would relieve the poor manufacturing lahouter, when he had ' no money to purchase it at any priCe. lie was surprised 'to- hear the doctrines, which had fallen urea the Nobbiyairl at the head of the Government, when lie recollected the ingenious argumente with which he supported the Corn Bill of 181:'. The Not& Earl told them he did not mean these Measures to interfere' with the Corn Laws. lie did not care what his MelMilig hear eared not for the meaning when the elieet upon every man in and not of the fiends, ae theyr might see in every street of the Metropolis, had been to prejudge the rout question of the Cern LAWS to such an extent that it could not have art? impat teal hearing for years to come. He slid not wish to oppose the Noble Lord at the head of the Treasury; he had.no object in such opposition, and he was anxious that the Noble Lord should afford him in opportunity of 'supporting hie measureit. lie haul heard him in 1815 say that the country was able to support itself,. and he now undervalued the quantity of grain which was called for. At first it was stated to be SOO,OOO quarters, titter wards it was raised to 500.1)00 ;, but' not, only- the grairt ware housed, lito tht.t which was to- he werehoueed. was included in the measure. It was elear they were elaitning this c umin., dinary power at a time when they were igitorent of the grain which was to be let iu under the.other : llill. lie thotielit it wroug in the Noble Lord to take a qualified Indemniiy for supposing the supply allowed to prove inadequate, . they certainly could not so easily et/pro:el the subject a second time. ' - The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that the Bill -would never have had any effect upon the Corn Latvc in the tstintation of persons out of iloorit, but rebut the oppositimi which it had met front their Lordships; end- the same objections also- originnfed theepposition ritieett againet it in the other ifouae. The Noble Lord who last spoke, had stated the system which existed he fore •the year : l7o. Buts it solo since that period up to the Hosea that the . great growth of the manufacturing intermits, and the great increme of population had taken place in this country: It -was not the fact, however, that very ciiiiithier. Ode fluctuations had not occurred -in the price of grain -prior to the year 1765. This would appear by references to a state moot of pricee, as they stood in the early part of the last recs. ! tury. In the year 1706, the priee , of wheat was 28s. par ,quar ter; in 1707; Os. ; in 1709, 86e. ; in 1709, 695. 7,1, Again, in, 1740, thapriceavas 48s. lOti. ;in 1711, 41a. ;in 1742; ; and in 1743, 225. 'I he Noble Lord had charged inconsistency 14Pon him becaitie 'allot language which be had tfaHl iu 1615. ;It wry t ; 11 , that he did.aepport the Corn Bill of that year, because he tinywcht it a jutit.end useful bill 'at that time, anti the eumstaneea of the period rendered it a neeessary measore. Ile wished that Britain and Ireland could produce sollicieut corn for their own supply. Nothing could be more desirable; but it was quite clear, from the iMpurtationsi that they had not dune so yet. In 1915 he had supported the measure, which fixed the import price of grain at 80s. The Noble Lord had dune ..se m ,well ; and !eV, he-would ask,:bati the Noble Lord fixed upon the: price of 80,4. ?In the preceding year, 1814, a Bill wait In-ought by a Member of the House of Cummins, to yettle.the import price at IQ(1., which Bill however wat tutu thrown out. When their Lordship; retired to their beds, and reflected on the poitsi• bitty of a had harveit in the present year, could they contemplate foany evil more terrific? Could any titan say that he looked to a bait harvest this year with only the areas degree of • apprehenaion now, which lie would have felt upon th e subject lust July? The question was, how they were to meet this- very hard case? cud their Lordships were called upon to decide. The Earl of LIMERICK said e feW worth against the Measures. Lord KING congratulated tin- Noble Earl at the head of the 'treasury on the signal success which he had obtained over the great domestic enemy. - ;--(A liugh.)—Every body must have ()h -eaved the reluctent support which had been given to the measures in a particular quarter ;• indeed, it was more like opposition than support 's , ir,eque leouutrl se Vineia, re.cueantutu." Ministers had two Modes of pioreeding open to them. One. was to act on t h e i r ow n auth -the other to come to Par 'lament for I *pedal authority. lie was glad that .?dinisters had not pursued : the former course, because then nothino Would Love been .seitl.; sod speaking t i n the aubject of the Corn Law-3 did good. Many people in! t House Were inimical to free Untie- Oere were lemmas wits were enemies to free air, and to free con- science— " Ravet t iao wo l ves , w hose conscience is their maw." Some Noble Lorls even on that (Lord King'S) side of the House wt , re enemies to free trade. One interest would shut out corn, another wool, another hotter. was the essence of the cele. orated codex auresti; of the Members for Somerset and Suffolk - . pat alt their argument's proceeded upon a supposition.: that we werJ tb be sellers, and not buyers; but how could we be sellers unless we allowed other nations to buy? The Noble Eul sod he would renounce paradoi; ina argue logically and. immediately after said that low prices %out.] produce great distress, which was . I.* great a paradox as was ever uttered. The I:s;oble . Lutti eau, eluded by stating, that he liked this Bill because it matle,su I inrultd , open the earn Laws, atui.because his object wits to briny ! eorn'to a modert.te and f a i r price. the. Marquis of SALISBURY, in a short speech, opposed the' • 2 I The Earl of cAnN Aßs rop; ci pre..l hattility to 1 , tha Measure, end .pree m ed t h e H o use to a decisitoi. Lord R . I . :DP:SHALE confesseillti n iself hostile to heat the mei: sur.a, which. had unfortunately, he thought, eruansted Iron, (In- Verument in order to attempt to aftOrd some relief, to the mane. -facturersin their, present distress. Lerd IMlttt LEY could-riot withhold his vote :rum the prOpe - sit one, 'though et the sunei time he_condidered. the Bait totally moperativo and wholly. uncalled for. - • Lord MALSIESBURY ezplained. The Duke of SOMERSET objected to flat !immoral proposed, to be c a rried into effect by the Bills before the House. The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the question,- that the Howe do diviqp on the second reading of the first Bill, relating to the Bonded Corn. The House then divided, when there appeared-- Contents Non Contents Majority - On the division on the second reading of the Importation of Foreign Corn Bill, the numbers were,-- Contents Non Contents - Majority . - The House- then adjourned at TWelve &Clock, - 84 - 23 - 78 - '2B - ---,50 All Lotteries end for Six Prizes £30,000, all in Ticiets and Shares will ever with this Pratring ri One nay. The price of ise after next :Saturdny.. ---,-,---- PRICES 01 STOCKS THIS Bonk `ls.ck 2011 I i 3 p,n' Cent. Rod. ' i It psr Cent. Cons. :it per Cent. • 3 ,44 5 Ditto Red • .. . P•lesi 4 srisCent . Kew ii4-it 1 Ditto Scrip j prn. 13,nk Lstig Ann. i ndia Stock '23 i _ Ditto lionds ....... . ................ pm. • . DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. So :di Sea Stork - Old New L)itto • Ex, 13ille, Xl,OOO Yd. 'Vg pus Ditto 5OO td. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised Bank. for Account I fir Account Cons. for Accorint t 4 si _ _ (l~ PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. ', 5 ,4 Br,azilisu 13onds • Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ciiili-ri Bundsed per c e nt. • Colombian Bonds — 13itt.,, 1511 1 , 1%N . , 3 2aki Danish, 3 per cent. (irJek }Wilds *DittN 19s'6 157 i Linatinvila — i'doxic.n !Sandi - Ditto, Wis .................. , 4 ;4 3 2% • - ---- - . . INI).i AT ONE 0 CLOCK. e..ipellt..n,' 1844 . — Perurisn Bondg :2 Portoguege BOnd• — PruggLin, 5 per Cent. Ditto, New — Rusgian, New. 5 per cent.... 18 114 Spanidt, 11421, 5 per cent. 7 1 9 I'S • French Rented, sp. c. —f C. --Exchange —f. —c. —..--- 3 per etut. ------ Exchange ......4 : -- -.4:. - • PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE 07CLOCK. Paid. Per Shun, An?lb Meicicmi NVoing Comp: ny „Cm 22 1 .; Alliance Piro ..ial Life Insurance Comp.tity 10 I . 7q 0111,1 GAS Engine ` COMTLaIy 1 1 14 Gai Engine .irlage Company • C -- --. COUH it OF EX6I - i -- • - - NOE YESTERDAY. -- -Amstertlim — ..... .......... C.F 11 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 8 Antwerp ll 8 Hamburg] I IN U. 87 8 Alton:, 2% U. 37 0 :i day , • i{l:t .......... 2.5 '7O D itt oi • 2 U. 910 95 liordeetux 25 ;j;, I.lcrlin - rr:.l:kf,..rt 6n M -itte, 1.;:f:M. lo' Pe.cr,to:rgh, rblc. 'I U. 8M Vienne,, ettective ft. ...... 2 M. 10 22 Tri,Att• • do. ?dalrid 34 cat,il l'ilto3 - 3 f , !‘ 11.:rylona 'A Swil1. , i Gitrolt.sr• • . 3l - - L t;eno 43g s. Venice Malta 96% Naples Palam° pLr oz. 115 Li=bon . 5O Oporto 501 i 43 Joneiro Bahl, 47 8tv...»0s A VTIS !S clays' sight Cork O-4 BULLJON, PLR OZ. • .f d. Portugal (lola, in coin.... 0 0 0 Foreign (Jolt!, In b..n; 'I 17 0 New IJoubloons t 414 Now Dollars U 4 Si Silver, in la,rs, litana-rd U 4 11; MAILS. Arrived - Due. Arrived. Due. 1 Dublin 1 Waterbrd U 0 .I.annic . 0 I) (luerniey & Ji.r.ey O Liabon • U 0 MAI ..i - 0 Gottenburlih 0 0 Airwric 1 Hamburgli O Holland 0 0 burn'. A yre. O Fr4ncit HIGH IVATIRTI AT I,QNDC Horning ..... 43 ralnutes gter , 4. N BRIDGE TO -NI 011.1tOW. Eveuing ~~~, ~ ~~ ~~~~~~1,~'4 ~~ ~ LONDON, , ,If 7 EISNESDAY EVENING, MA Y. 24, 1826 The Second Reading of the Bonded Corn Bill was carried in. the House of Peers last night, by the large majority pf . 84 to 23 ; and the Bill for allowing a limited IMportation of Foreign Corn was likewise read a second time, after a division' of 78 to 28., The opinion of the Peers having been thuS decid edly shOwn in favour of both these Mils, they may be considered as passed, and we shall, therefore, offer but few addithirial remarks upon a subject on which so, much has been said, anti which has excited the feel ings.d a ll classes of the community in so great a degree, • reN‘ I >irsons have dotibted the propriety of admit-' ting iota immediate consumption the -Corn now in Bond ; and, it is ardently to be hoped, that this mea sure, the improved 'prospects of the 'harVest,. and is actual abundance when gathered,'may prevent any rise ini the price of Corn, and consequently, that it may • not be necessary for the GovernMent to'act upon the discretionary power with which it will' be invested. If so, the apprehensions Which have been entertained from the SecOnd Bill, will prove to be visionary: but, if from the seasons, or other cause, an emergent-- should arise, the Ministers will only possess -the .sanb. tion of an Act of Parliament to do that which they Must otherwise do' on their own responsibilitY for the public good and that discretionary power so nmited by the statute, a* to' prevent the possibility of await- portation of Gain sufficient to depress the price 'of it in this 'Country to an extent which would .be ruinmis to the Growers,: the very. circumstances which alone can, make it necessary. for . the Government to exert its discretio►nary power, will operate against Any such de pression. `lhe argument which:has, been used against 'these,measures, that the agitating them at thistime has produced an idea that the relief of distress is to be found only in an alteration of the Corn Laws, is 'specious, but not, founded in fact. That ()Pinion has beenuniversally entertained for some year, by those classes whose. recent distress hes been greater than at any - former period ; but who ►ave- before co►n plainea of the. effect of those Laws. The necessity . of their modification has been generally admitted, and , the preSent measures can neither hasten .nor retard it. Approving, therefore,, unequivocally of the before the House,' we rejoice 1)1,4 termination of the discus-sion - to which they 'have, in Our op►nion, mine. eessarily given rise. • The 1111 l for the Consolidatio n of the . Turnpike last night, of the Debtor an d Creditor ,Bill on th e Trusts near the Metropolis, had nearly ` sha r e d t he , fat o preceding evening. i n c onsequence of its . objects and provisions not having been explained to the House by any Noble Peer, and some objection having been taken against its: being considered .'as _ a public general act, an attempt was made to get rid of the Bill, and it was carried by a. majority' of 42 to 34. Only. .'• ' it would have been greatly . to be .laniented, if a Bill . .o s o Much general .''tiiportanee to -the iiihabitants of this metropolis and its environs, bud: been 'lost 'iri its j ag s tage from the want of explanation in the Lipper . House, or from any technical objection. We have nd doubt, that the practical . good resulting from the Consolidation and new arrangement of the Turnpike . Trust, under this Bill, will be strikingly exemplified in a short time, and if its present enactments be found incomplete, it can be amended in an early stage of the - next Session. If a similar measure. could be adopted with regard to Turnpike Trusts, in other parts of the Country, we have reason to believe that it would des- Itroy one of the most fertile sources of jobs and abuse which exists in this Kingdom. Earl BATHURST made a very important observa tion last night, on the presenting of a petition by Viscount St. VINCENT, from the owners- of West India Estates, against any hasty measures regarding their negroes. Lordship observed,. that. the prayCi of the Petition was in- accordance with the principle 'upon isYllic4 the Government had acted in their communications. With all the Governors of the Colonies, and that if « Emancipation took place, it would be upon the principle of an equitable appraise- ment." If a measure of this nature can be accomplished, we shall be among the foreinost to advocate the eman cipation of the slaves in the British Colonies ; but We never could consent to the attainment of this object, Ilicting a -wrong on a class of, Proprietors who are as much entitled to the protection of Parlianient as any other body of the subjects of the Empire• The Earl of LIVERPOOL, in answer to a question put to him by Lord DARNLEY, stated last night, that the policy, of the French Government with respect to the struggle between . the Turks and Greeks, had been hitherto► that of- neutrality ; and nothing had occurrel to show any violation of that policy. We received last night --....— , the Paris Papers of Suliday;. and the Etoile, dated the 22d instant. The accounts of the fall of Missolonghi, appear to have J eachrd '.'. Constantinople on the 29th of '461; and the Journal des Debats,:describes the 'effect which the news .of this event hid upon the Janissaries. - According to this Paper, these barbarians threw into the Hotel of the Russian Consul, some' heads and cars of Greek corpses, sent from Missolonghi by ABRAHAM PACIIA, as trophies of his conquest; and IVI..MtNztAc KY. had himself been wounded. The. Etude, however, contradicts these statements ; bnt'.in. an article from Odessa, dated May 3, after mentioning the exer- • tions of Mr. S. CANNINd, to induce the Torte that the influence of England, on the. to accede . to the - ultim4um of Ritssia, WO" , . Porte, is less than it 'formerly was. It is said, in le t -1 f ters from the .same 'place, ,that_sixteen. Russian men ° I war, realy for sea, are lying in tlx POrt of Selntstopo in the Black Sea ; and that Genital SABOPIgrt vii 40,000',net;, - is cantoned within a day's m arch . of Jess guard of General anti Galatch, while the advance-4 ' to _ , The following are .coUncils of 'the WITTGENTEIN'S army is within three days march Jassy. 'toile :---- eXtTACtS front the The .tfirgantry rAatc, stAv 21, place bs.fure Alissolunghi, between the Turkish anti Lir eek 6 ' °' the latter lust nix vessels and one fire-ship. •.: . , i it it i...4,w th a t there has been any tumult at Co end -t is false that th e s e C v i s n Deputies haie been beheaded, And that tlie • G ar otte says, that in the last battle wbicli took P.'ngliSh L eg ati on h as b ee n obliged to put itself in s state of defence.. II ! w o und of .3/1. Minriacky, too, is an invention of the .10 0336 - rtes DeLtds, which st;ices up all these news to its reader*. onus,, mai? S. The accounts from Constantinople say, th at itir..S. CannimP in ctnis..-quenceof the instructions sent. to hitn.from St. Nte n 7 f Lure, by the Duke of Wellington, continues to . exert bilr:ii, to in lute th e Port t) accede to the ultimatum of : 110 54 ' . ',,.. -Nlinisters of France, Austria, . and Prussia, support hint LA t ':" negociation,. which, is totally.wicnnnected with the fruit l ! t f ia • tempts he has made in fairour of the Greeks; but as I by"! °I L, befoee, it is:to be rigrettetl that " th e influence of England aPr'r' Prirnt state of things to be much less than it forTveilY ofa. in thit chal:gelinnerrtpl:l:llelibeineites4trrer*by,uthargendi:tohryaotnat-aint7-otalin,theeereentsis no e:P;ittaialt:sg !... could • . ._ cc r k tents relate chiefly to works of We receivedGerrnan papers this morning , bu ' b" e, ar t an d litera tur . . The following are ,extracts : Father 'Ventura, profeasor.of Canon Law, anda6o:eit'of74;: Pi;ln' eipsl writers in the Giornak Ecclesiastic°, expreeteti A" ° P il'i°l : in an article in that Journal, " That an Electoric Monarchy s*'. the worst of all forms of Ckwensment." -In consetro ce , °f . 1° order which he has received from superior authority, 1 "' l i th °l ; ierred a recantation of this opinion in the . last aural's' . n ' t .5 .- 4on!oal, op we hear that the same authority has giv e° Pe l -Tu i ' - sion to Monsignore Marchelli to read in the Academia Prics-asit Vee tica an has essay against this opinion of Father t ura• t to Deputation . of Mineralogists and Architects . bee n L el' ' the. isle of Elba, in order to examine whether certain l'i m :, Could not be etnployed in the repair 6f the Church ° " in di is Paul. favourable, We understand that the' report which they W I! -- 0 ,... Lions and that it has been resolved to enter into 14. :If for the purchase of them. The plan for the improverneacnes, andthe long street of the Corso, is to be at length carried ju t° , .„,,i vi the execution to be entrusted to Moira. Ftear°ll,. fn 'l telli, who ineie contracted to perform it for, 280,000 sLusiit; We do not know in what these improvements will of os except in the levelling of the st reet and the rellvoyal 0 raised fnot-path on each side. These foot-ways W r'l in I° to respects be disagreeable to the eye; but we should be scil oot „ have them levelled, se they aff ord a g reat protection S° Ibt o jed passengers at this season of the year, when the ktrect is cr i t ,- with carriages. We wish that the p lan of improvement . Pl o ts chide the removal of some ugly stables, the beautifYil4 .ttl i os , of many houses, the clearing away of all kinds °fauna non ts "". which offend the eye, and the subs titution of pip to carti ° o , Wa ter sP ° water from the rook, for the inconvenient projecting —Allgrateine Zeitung, May 7. S'WITZTALAND,Af :; tto Dr. Raster, Secretary to the Committee of Inquiry, tisy ald:ocum:rnt_reconfioenporf tatfittiedce:tlonaect;i::s.sci,omixlithdemilthelse;teperFlaepeeed,fret ialiou:rige:ccoutheh, oncptautthe;:bytbiiihitopozi;er:, for Lucerne, to deliver to the Government of that -ej t, The meritorious and celebrated painter, Hans CPS 1".14-